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Bat Boy, 9, Dies After Being Hit with Baseball Bat From Players Swing: He ‘Was Doing Something He Loved’

A 9-year-old bat boy has died after he was accidentally struck in the head with a bat in Kansas over the weekend, reports say.

“It’s difficult to remember a day that is darker than this one,” National Baseball Congress General Manager Kevin Jenks told NBC News. “Kaiser was simply doing something he loved.”

Kaiser Carlile, a bat boy for the Liberal Bee Jays of Liberal, Kansas, was running to bring a bat to a player after an out on Saturday in a game against the San Diego Waves in Wichita when he was struck in the head by a batter doing a warmup swing, NBC reports.

Nathan McCaffrey, president of the college summer league team, told CNN that he heard the bat collide with Kaiser – who was wearing a helmet – before he stumbled backward and fell.

An umpire gave the boy first aid until first responders arrived, NBC reports.

Carlile had been in critical condition since the tragic accident and, early Monday, the team made the heartbreaking announcement on Facebook.

The statement reads in part: “With the permission of the family, and with much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening.”

With the permission of the family, and with much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening. Please keep his family and our team in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you all for the support during this ordeal!